Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

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| lett Haslett, a spectator, was fatally injured
| by falling derrick, and Pipeman William
Barber had leg crushed.
TIE west bound passenger train on the
Atlantic & Pacific, which left Albuquerque,
n. NJ, ON the I'd heavily loaded with pas
sengers, was derailed fifteen miles west of
Coolidge, N. NJ 1t was unknown II any
lives were lost
ALFRED HARMER and Charles Carrom
were killed near Glencoe, Ill, the other
evening, while fling circular saw, by the
explosion OF the boiler, the engine having
been stopped
PAUL GRorTKAU, the noted Milwaukee
anarchist, has been convicted of melting to
riot A new trial has been asked on the
ground thatthe prosecution treated the jury.
A GAS well yielding nearly Il, 600, 600 feet
of gas day has been discovered near Fair
mount, Ind
AN immense meeting of anti-coercionists
was held in st. LOUIS on the 4th. Mayor d.
K Francis presided.
FoUR Hundred cattle have been siaugh-
tered in Chicago the past week. Seventy
FIVE of them were affected by pleuro-pneu-
monia
THE Fotheringham case was dismissed in
st. Louis on the 4th, Judge Normile holding
that the offense was not committed within
his jurisdiction
GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN has been elected
commander of the Ohio commandery of the
Loyal Legion, Rutherford 3. Hayes declin-
ing reelection.
THE Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
has Instructed it's secretary to enter pro-
test against the Milwaukee & St Paul and
Omaha roads for making special milling
rates to all points except that city and st.
Paul
THE executive committee of the Nationa.
Labor Union party has selected Indianapo-
lis as the headquarters.
THE body of Duncan McKinnan was re-
Gently brought to Eau Claire, Wis. for bu-
rial from Little Jump river. He and eight
others were simultaneously struck by
lightning while working on log drive.
McKinnan was instantly killed and John
McGregan was probably fatally injured.
The others were injured, but recovered.
THE Chinese quarters in San Jose, Cal,
were destroyed by fire recently. Loss,
$75, 600; insurance, $40, 900.
w. c. DEPAUw, the wealthy glass manu-
facturer capitalist and philanthropist of
New Albany, Ind, died at Chicago on the
5th.
THE Union Steel Company of Chicago has
shut down, throwing $50 men out of work.
THE SOUTH.
A SPECIAL from Proctor, W. Va, says:
The bodies of three negroes, brothers,
named Sylvester, were found hanging to
Tree on Jno rOaQSlQO, SIX mics edSJ OIL mere.
Each body bore placard on which was
written, "Nigger thievery must be broken
up"
A VERY disastrous fire broke out the
other morning at the immense warehouse
of Brown, Johnson & Co., Fourteenth and
Maple streets, Louisville, KY. Loss, $780,
600.
A SHOCK of earthquake was felt at Ell
Paso, Tex, on the Sd, which lasted about
two minutes. For probably two minutes
preceding the shock, many persons no
tlced distinct and offensive smell of sui
phur. An earthquake shock was also felt
at Albuquerque, N. M.
ONE man was crushed to death and five
others badly hurt by the caving of gravel
bank near Fort Worth, Tex, recently.
A PREMATURE blast caused the death of
twelve men in the Coosa tunnel of the
Georgia Central railway extension on the
4th.
THE Kentucky Democratic State conven-
ton met at Louisville on the 4th. Resolu-
tions endorsing Cleveland's administration
were introduced. General s. b. Buckner
was nominated for Governor.
A FIRE in Julia street, between Magazine
and Camp streets, New Orleans, recently
destroyed cistern making establishment,
three brick buildings, boarding house,
double frame cottage and a two-story brick
building. Loss. 500, 900; insurance $50, 600.
Two lives were lost.
ATTEMPTS made recently by physicians
Of South Carolina to discover whether the
remains of Peter s. Ney, buried near Sails
bury in that State, were those of Marshal
Ney, of France, failed because of the decay
of that part of the skull where the Marshal
had been trephined.
IN the Florida Legislature on the 4th the
vote for United States Senator was as fol-
lows: Perry %, Pasco 10, Bloxham 26, Good
rich 10. scattering Z.
SEVEN ballots were taken for United
States Senator in the Joint Assembly of
West Virginia on the 4th. The first stood:
Camden 43, Flick 80, Barber 5, Brown l,
Raymond l. There are only insignificant
changes in the subsequent ballots. Senator
Camden then withdrew.
THE Richmond q Danville Railroad Com
pany assumed control of the East Tennes-
see, Virginia 4 Georgia on the 4th.
THE West Virginia House of Delegates.
in lieu of acting on a bill to regulate rail
road traffic, adopted JOINT resolution ap-
proving the Interstate Commerce law
passed by Congress.
DIR. EDWARD KNOX, of Fentress County,
Tenn, recently tied up naked his fourteen
year-old son for some boyish indiscretion.
ana whipped him with a blacksnake whip
untll ne became unconscious, and at the
pleading of his mother was taken down.
The lad died next morning The father
fed.
AT Wilmington, N. c., recently four negro
boys were killed by the accidental dis
charge of a double-barreled gun. Another
boy was wounded
j. H. MADDOX, who was one of the noted
witnesses from Louisiana in the electoral
count commission, died in Alexandria. Va.
recently.
CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER, of Martins
burg, has been elected United States Seua-
tor for West Virginia
GENERAL.
SEVERAL of the pearl fishing boats.
thought to have been lost in the recent nur-
ricane OF Western Australia were blown
out TO sea and have returned.
A DISPATCH from Bordeaux, France, saws: